Origami Architecture (144 pages). (Artist) Yee
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Yee, 1968-
Origami architecture: papercraft models of the world’s most famous buildings / Yee.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-4-8053-1154-7 (pbk.)
ISBN 978-1-4629-1557-6 (ebook)
1. Origami. 2. Architectural models. 3. Cut-out craft. 4. Paper art. I. Title.
TT870.Y427 2011
736’.982--dc22
2011002818
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Table of Contents
Paris, France
Pisa, Italy
The Forbidden City, Beijing, China
Washington D.C., USA
THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
Beijing, China
Sydney, Australia
Paris, France
Osaka, Japan
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
London, England
London, England
THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL BUILDING
Washington D.C., USA
New York City, USA
Athens, Greece
Washington D.C., USA
London, England
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INTRODUCTION
This book is filled with paper sculpture designs that will let you create paper replicas of some of the world’s most beautiful and most famous buildings. The facade designs I’ve recreated are based on the real architecture of these buildings. Eight of sixteen buildings in this book use a uniquely designed interlocking system in which no glue is needed (except to glue the structure onto the baseboards). The other eight buildings are